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How Trump Could Make Congress Go Away for a While

November 18, 2024

An illustration showing Trump's face superimposed on the Capitol

Trump Takes Aim at Republicans

David A. Graham

November 14, 2024

Trump greets the House Republican leadership

Did Republicans Just Hand Trump 2.0 His First Defeat?

November 13, 2024

What Trump Can (And Probably Can’t) Do With His Trifecta

November 13, 2024

Back view of two small elephants with a large elephant between them

Trump Signals That He’s Serious About Mass Deportation

David A. Graham

November 11, 2024

The Democrats’ Senate Nightmare Is Only Beginning

November 11, 2024

An upside-down image of the U.S. Capitol

Democrats Actually Had Quite a Good Night in North Carolina

David A. Graham

November 7, 2024

An illustration showing Josh Stein in front of North Carolina

The Institutions Failed

David A. Graham

November 4, 2024

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How Republicans in Congress Could Try to Steal the Election

November 2, 2024

A white ballot box with the American flag above the word "vote"

Shifting Campaign Strategies

October 12, 2024

Panelists on "Washington Week With The Atlantic"

The Leader of Today’s Republican Party

March 2, 2024

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Senate’s Deep and Dirty Secret

September 14, 2023

Black-and-white photograph of Senator Tommy Tuberville

Dianne Feinstein and the Cult of Indispensability

April 24, 2023

The Senate Needs More Kyrsten Sinemas

Conor Friedersdorf

January 2, 2023

Illustration of Kyrsten Sinema and the U.S. Capitol.

Work In Progress

Democrats Might Have Pulled Off the Biggest Midterm Shock in Decades

November 9, 2022

A poll site with a slogan that reads "Good Vibes Only"

The Great Senate Stalemate

Ronald Brownstein

September 28, 2022

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The Senate Just Quietly Passed a Major Climate Treaty

September 28, 2022

A collection of old refrigerators

Mini-Trumps Are a Midterm Disaster

Molly Jong-Fast

August 25, 2022

History’s Greatest Obstacle to Climate Progress Has Finally Fallen

August 7, 2022

An oil pumpjack is reflected in a mirror as it operates on August 5, 2022, near Ventura, California.

Dianne Feinstein Is the Future of the Senate

David A. Graham

April 15, 2022

A picture of Dianne Feinstein with her hand to her cheek

The Democrats’ Senate Majority Is Temporarily Gone

February 2, 2022

A black and white photograph of Senator Ben Ray Luján

The Filibuster Is Still Doomed

January 22, 2022

Illustration of a red box with Manchin and Sinema name cards on top.

A Moderate Proposal

Matthew Yglesias and Steven M. Teles

November 4, 2021

An illustration of blue, purple, and red dots superimposed on a photo of the U.S. Senate

The House of Representatives Is Failing American Democracy

Daniel Lipinski

October 11, 2021

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Biden Has More Power Over the Filibuster Than He’s Been Willing to Use

September 30, 2021

A photo illustration of a fist punching a speech bubble

What Ancient Rome Tells Us About Today’s Senate

May 29, 2021

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Why the Filibuster Suits the GOP Just Fine

Sam Wang and Ari Goldbloom-Helzner

April 30, 2021

An illustration of the U.S. Capitol dome sinking into the grass.

How to Stop the Minority-Rule Doom Loop

April 12, 2021

An illustration of the Statue of Liberty in a spiral

We Can’t Curb the Presidency Without Fixing Congress

March 5, 2021

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It’ll Do

February 13, 2021

Impeachment Is Working—Just Not as the Framers Expected

February 7, 2021

Impeachment managers walk to the Senate.

The Senate Trial Will Test Whether Republicans Care Even About Themselves

January 25, 2021

Barbed wire around the Capitol

Kamala Harris Is the Decider

January 21, 2021

Kamala Harris walking through the halls of Congress.

How to Break the Demagogue Cycle

January 16, 2021

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The Problem With a 50–50 Senate

January 6, 2021

An illustration of Joe Biden with 50 red dots and 50 blue dots.

When a Senate Democrat Tried to Challenge an Election

January 6, 2021

A portrait of the former U.S. Senator from California Barbara Boxer